CaptiFi is a UK WiFi marketing platform that bundles guest WiFi hardware with email, SMS, review requests, loyalty and table bookings. It connects to UniFi with an API key when it can reach your console, or through its own Remote Tunnel installed on the console. GuestGate is a simpler, cheaper portal that connects through UniFi's cloud connector, with nothing to install, and sends guests to the marketing tools you already use.
| Feature | CaptiFi | GuestGate |
|---|---|---|
| Price per venue | Lite £19.99 a month (one site, CaptiFi branding). Essentials £49 a month, or £39 billed yearly. Growth £69 and Pro £119 a month, billed yearly. Extra sites £25 a month | $15 a month for each portal, with every feature included |
| Guest limits | 500 to 15,000 new guests a month, depending on the plan | None |
| Free trial | 30 days, with a card | 14 days, no card needed |
| Contract | Monthly or yearly. Hardware has a £60 refundable deposit | Monthly, cancel any time |
| How it connects to UniFi | A UniFi API key if CaptiFi can reach your console, or its Remote Tunnel, installed on the console over SSH | A UniFi API key, through UniFi's official cloud connector or directly to the console |
| Port forwarding or a public controller address | Not with the Remote Tunnel | Not needed |
| UniFi admin login it needs | An API key, or SSH access to the console to install the Remote Tunnel | None: an API key, so UniFi's required MFA isn't a problem |
| What guests can be asked | Name and email, with marketing consent asked separately | Name, email, phone and your own questions, with a check for mistyped emails |
| Marketing consent | Recorded against each contact | Recorded with the time and the exact wording the guest agreed to |
| Sending guests to other tools | Mailchimp, HubSpot, Klaviyo, Zapier and more, plus an API and webhooks, from Growth | Zapier (invite-only while in beta), plus signed webhooks for new, returning, changed and deleted guests |
| Email campaigns, SMS and review requests | Yes, from Essentials, with 250 free SMS a month | No: use the email or CRM tool you already have |
| Social login | Listed as a product | No |
| Vouchers and paid WiFi | Yes, from Essentials | No |
| Other WiFi hardware | Yes, including TP-Link Omada and Cisco Meraki, or its own access point | UniFi only |
CaptiFi shows prices in several currencies. These are its UK prices in pounds. Checked on 2 November 2026, from the sources below. Prices and features change: tell us if anything here is out of date.
Paste a UniFi API key, pick your site and you're live. There's nothing to install and no port to open, and the trial needs no card.
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Branded login pages for UniFi that send guests who opt in to the tools you already use. Try it free for 14 days, no card needed.